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UK Hospitality Cymru director David Chapman said the costs facing the sector made running a business similar to “plate spinning when you’re riding an exercise bike”. Chapman added: “You have massive amounts of taxation coming from all areas. We have a VAT problem besides business rates. We also have high inflation in the industry over…

Research carried out for the Association of Jersey Charities by 4insight, external found 89% of respondents had given money in the previous 12 months, but younger people and lower-income households were less likely to have donated, with affordability being a “key barrier”. Liddiard said, despite this, legacy giving remained important, and people needed to amounts…

In a summary of its 100-page report, external, the JCHR points out that AI has been responsible for numerous abuses of human rights. It cites as examples the use of AI to create sexualised images of women and girls and scanning people’s faces without their consent. The JCHR advocates the creation of a “single, independent…

Last week, Miami authorities identified the five people who died as Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47. Five others were also injured. “Our deepest condolences are with the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives,” 21 Air…

However, some industry figures have suggested comments are overstated or may be designed to generate hype. Chief executive of the AI platform Hugging Face, Clement Delangue, said on social media: “Sorry, but asking Jacob [Coxon] about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change. Not saying it’s necessarily uninteresting or wrong…

Rob Arnold, co-founder of Ascendea, an AI firm which employs nine people, believes the UK hasn’t seen the real economic growth potential from the technology yet. He says his company is able to develop apps for other businesses “100 times quicker at a 50th of the cost” because of AI, but that the UK government…

He added: “I’ve lost count of the number of times someone has stopped me to tell me about the train that never came. “And when that happens, it means missed shifts, missed appointments, and missed opportunities. Today, that starts to change.” The DfT said the trains would help deliver the Transpennine Route Upgrade’s aim to…

The idea was first raised under former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in November and is similar to schemes running in Scotland and European destinations. The Overnight Visitor Levy, which was outlined in the King’s Speech in May, has not been brought forward in Parliament yet. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is framing the policy as…

Primark has said it plans to launch a home delivery service in Britain, four years after it made its first foray into e-commerce. The retailer did not say when it expects to launch the service, but it has bought a warehouse in Sheffield from to enable it to ship products to homes. The company said…